By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — The world’s oceans have now experienced an entire year of unprecedented heat, with a new temperature record broken every day, new data shows. Global ocean surface temperatures started breaking daily records in mid-March last year, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer, fueling
Continue ReadingBy DAKE KANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Three teens have been detained over the gruesome murder of a thirteen-year-old boy in China, riveting users on Chinese social media and sparking debate over bullying and mental health in China’s countryside. Chinese authorities identified the victim only by his last name, Wang, saying Sunday that the
Continue ReadingZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia’s Constitutional Court has ruled that President Zoran Milanović can’t run for prime minister or take part in the parliamentary election activities of an opposition party unless he resigns immediately from his current post. He denounced Monday’s court’s decision. Milanović on Friday called a parliamentary election for April 17. But he
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Volkswagen’s factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is likely to be the first test of the United Auto Workers’ effort to organize nonunion automobile plants across the nation. The union said workers at the factory filed paperwork Monday with the National Labor Relations Board seeking a union representation
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Fabric and crafts retailer Joann has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, as consumers continue to cut back on discretionary spending. In a Monday release, the Hudson, Ohio-based company said that it expected to emerge from bankruptcy as early as the end of next month. Following this process, Joann will likley
Continue ReadingBy Jake Tapper, CNN Philadelphia (CNN) — C.J. Rice is a free man, and as of Monday morning the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania officially considers him legally innocent of the crime he was convicted of in 2013. This morning, Judge James Eisenhower, in room 805 in the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia, granted the motion offered by District Attorney Larry Krasner
Continue ReadingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — An array of advanced tests found no brain injuries or degeneration among U.S. diplomats who suffer mysterious health problems once dubbed “Havana syndrome.” That’s according to a nearly five-year study by the National Institutes of Health that says the symptoms are real but contradicts some earlier
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are rising Monday ahead of a busy week for central banks around the world that could dictate where interest rates go. The S&P 500 was 0.8% higher in afternoon trading, coming off its first back-to-back weekly loss since October. It’s near its all-time high
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE, NICHOLAS RICCARDI and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a former New Mexico county commissioner banished from public office for participating in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. The court’s order Monday means Republican former Otero County commissioner Couy Griffin remains disqualified from public
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear the appeal of a former New Mexico county commissioner who was removed from office because of his role in the January 6, 2021 insurrection – a case that was similar to the one the high court recently decided involving
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street ahead of a busy week for central banks around the world that could dictate where interest rates go next. The S&P 500 was 1% higher in early trading Monday, coming off its first back-to-back weekly losses since October. It’s still close to its all-time
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A new Banksy mural has drawn crowds to a London street, even before the elusive graffiti artist confirmed the work was his. The artwork in the Finsbury Park neighborhood covers the wall of a four-story building and shows a small figure holding a pressure hose beside a
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a busy term that could set standards for free speech in the digital age, the Supreme Court on Monday is taking up a dispute between Republican-led states and the Biden administration over how far the federal government can go to combat controversial social media posts on
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Vladimir Putin secured an unprecedented fifth term as president of Russia Monday, as the election commission announced the results of a vote in which he faced no serious challenges and which happened amid the strictest crackdown on opposition and free speech since Soviet times. Putin claimed his overwhelming margin was proof that
Continue ReadingBy ABDOULIE JOHN and JESSICA DONATI Associated Press ERREKUNDA, Gambia (AP) — Lawmakers in Gambia are voting Monday on legislation that seeks to repeal a 2015 ban on female genital cutting. That would make the West African nation the first country anywhere to make such a reversal. The procedure also has been called female genital
Continue ReadingBy Sam Fossum, Michael Williams and Donald Judd, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden is taking new executive action Monday to improve research on women’s health across the federal government as well as announce new actions being taken by several federal agencies as the White House seeks to increase funding for women’s health research.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin said after extending his rule in an election that stifled opposition that Moscow will not relent in its invasion of Ukraine and plans to create a buffer zone along the border to help protect against long-range Ukrainian strikes and cross-border raids. The Kremlin’s forces have recently made
Continue ReadingBy ZIMO ZHONG and MATT OTT Associated Press Wall Street drifted higher early Monday ahead of this week’s policy decision by the Federal Reserve. Futures for the S&P 500 were 0.7% higher before the bell, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average ticked up 0.2%. Nasdaq futures jumped more than 1% after the exchange
Continue ReadingSOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has tapped the largest group in parliament, the center-right GERB-UDF coalition, to form the country’s new government. Radev handed the mandate to Maria Gabriel, the prime minister-designate under a power-sharing deal by the two main political parties, according to which each would hold the top job for
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — Police say Thailand’s immigration authorities have revoked the visas of two New Zealand tourists accused of assaulting a traffic police officer on a popular resort island in an incident widely shared online. The brothers were charged with offenses including robbery, causing physical harm to an on-duty officer, attempted bribery and driving a
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